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Towards the Web of things

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Towards the Web of things

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Event details

Date:: 26 September 2007, 00:00–00:00 Coordinated Universal Time
Location:: Bristol, United Kingdom
Speakers:: Dave Raggett
Website:: Web Developers Conference

Slides

A look at the origins of the Web, how it has evolved, and the challenges in extending it to the Web of things as the number and variety of networked devices explodes. Changing the way we conceive of the Web. Why today's hacks will give way to more structured approaches to developing applications that allow developers to focus on what the application should do rather than the details of exactly how.